Baby Feeding

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From the community

Recent discussions

Formula Help!

Hi mommas ! i have been strictly pumping and giving to baby . i’ve been sick so i wasn’t feeling good enough to pump fully so my parents wanted to let me sleep and gave my baby formula. my baby then threw everything up which led to his throw up to turn from white to greenish color . since then my milk supply has dropped and im now thinking i need to find a formula that would substitute his feedings since my supply isn’t enough for him ! i’m 3 months postpartum, and i also don’t drink cows milk which the doctors said may be an issue. ( he may be allergic or he may be lactose ) i have an appointment today to see what i should do , but i also would like to hear you guys recommendations! thank you !

When did you start feeling like yourself?

I feel like after giving birth I don’t look after myself anymore, my son is now 1 year old but it’s like i don’t have the energy to do my makeup or my hair or even get dressed sometimes. And i really want to. When would you say you started really doing these things?

😭😭Struggling with baby weight and feeds?

I am struggling alot. Baby is 20 weeks, weighed 5.6kgs at 18 weeks, he was born at 2.5kg though.
Has dropped a centile
He doesn’t feed much, on breast he gets distracted after hardly 2-3 mins
If i force he still wont take extra. Feeds after mostly every wake, so maybe like 5-7 times during day on breast and night mostly longer feeds and 3-4 times. Before night time, I give him 5 ounce formula, he takes 3-4 ounce mostly. Not sure what I am doing wrong but he is not feeding much but has been like this since start.
I see people’s stories about babies having 7-9 ounce and weighing 7-9kgs around this age. Please help me 😭😭😭

Deferring school for another year at nursery

Those who are deferring. When is your babies birthday? Are you worried about them being older when starting or being in nursery while they are 5? What helped you make the decision?

Reduction in drinking milk

My baby is 14 weeks old, formula fed. We were on 5-6oz bottles every 3-4 hours. He has suddenly started only taking 2-3oz. Will just started pushing the bottle away with his tongue, and gets upset. He’s on size 2 MAM teats and is having wet nappies.
I’m really stressed as I’m worried he’ll get ill or dehydrated. Anyone had anything similar? Any advice? Should I take him to the GP?

Elf on the shelf for your littles?

My daughter is 2 is she to young to start doing elf on the shelf this Christmas season? I definitely wanna do it with her. I just don’t know if she’s going to understand it. Thoughts ?

Formula

I’m a first time mum to a 12-day-old little boy and we’re currently using Kendamil formula. Just wondering, do you wait the full 30 minutes for boiled water to cool before making a bottle, or do you find 5 minutes or so is okay?

I’m finding that the steam makes the scoop damp and the powder sticks to it, which is becoming a bit of a pain!

I’ve bought some milk powder dispenser pots to make things easier, but I’m just wondering whether these need sterilising after every use? I use a steam steriliser, but they take forever to dry! Can I just wash them in warm, soapy water and leave them to air dry instead?

Would love to hear what other mums do! 😊

Newborn feeding - how much?

Hii all, i’m a FTM and my babygirl is a week old! She weighed at birth 3.78kg (around 8lbs i believe) and at the home check up she lost a good amount of weight nothing to be concerned about! during the nights for the past 2 nights she seems to be unsettled when putting her in her crib, i have tried soothing her, changed her nappies multiple times etc…i am not sure if im underfeeding her or overfeeding her, and if im hurting her by doing so? she’s on 90ml of formula but im not sure if thats too much as she shows hunger cues for more? today i offered 120ml and she drank it all.. essentially i feel like im not sure what im doing!?

How to reduce formula feeds?

My daughter is 4 months old and was drinking 5 ounces of formula 6 times a day. But we’ve increased her to 6 ounces and she’s still wanting to drink at least 6 times a day.

The formula tub says they should drink 5 times a day once they start 6 ounces but her routine has been 6 feeds a day.

Any advice? Not sure whether to follow her cues or just try to reduce her feeds. I don’t want to over feed her but she shows consistent signs of hunger even after the recommended amount.

Feeding

Anyone’s little one started holding their bottle but then takes it out own mouth then gets annoyed when it’s not there 🤦‍♀️

Milk

How much milk does your 6.5month old have during 24hours?

How much milk in a day

Hello ladies my daughter is 12 weeks old and has about 4 feeds a day at 150ml roughly now sometimes it’s only small amounts she takes but I’m just wondering if 4 feeds a day is enough as the tin says it should be 5 times a day, but does that mean in 24hrs or just a day as in for example 7am until 12pm at night? Help ladies I’m so stressed

Almost 10 months

Baby girl is almost 10 months and finding her the most difficult stage of parenting .. anyone else find this stage hard or ??

Formula fed bubbas

Mums who formula feed, what do you do when your little one wakes up multiple times in the night? I used to EBF but started moving my little boy onto formula and it’s all still quite new to me. Before I would still give my breast in the night incase he was hungry but a lot of time would be comfort but now I don’t know what to do as obviously I’m not going to give a bottle every time he wakes up and he doesn’t take a dummy

Does anyone have experience with Birth to Three?

Our pediatrician referred us to the Birth to Three program because our 9 month old is not sitting up or crawling yet. I don't know much about it and im curious if anyone can tell me what it will consist of?

Also, reassurance that my son will be okay would be great too 😭

Moving from EBF to combi feeding

I'm currently exclusively breastfeeding my baby but would like to slowly introduce formula so that we can start combination feeding. I'd really like my partner to be able to take over a feed now and then, giving me a little more flexibility and allowing him to have that bonding time too. Plus I'm dying for a good night's sleep 🥴🫠

For those of you who've done this, I'd love some advice! Which teat size at 5 months? I have some Philips avant bottles from when I tried to pump when my baby was newborn (before I gave up pumping) but the teats are for a newborn.. Which feed did you find easiest to replace first? How did you introduce formula gradually? Did you start with one bottle every few days? Did you notice any changes in your milk supply? Any tips for avoiding bottle refusal?

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